The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-09-13

oI gram, and see that the bag is thoroughly
emptied OF milk, night and morning. If prac-
t'caole, let calf suck the affected teat as it
VIII Draw the milk more thoroughly and with
less irritation to the COW than a human hand
can do.
W. NJ j., Winter Seat, s c.: have a mule that is
considerably swollen and seems to be weak in the
IONS; mas but little use of his hind parts viii you
please Tell me what is the matter with him and
| what 70 do for him.
Inc trouble is probably some affection of the
kidneys, possibly of long standing and chron-
| IT, IL SO, little can be done to cure it, but
something may be done to alleviate. Feed on
| soit' boiled food, with pint of flax seed meal
mixed with 1t once day. Feed on green sue
| culent food, and let the, animal have free ac-
| cess 10 water at all times. The more water an
animal drinks, the less irritating to the kid
neys and bladder will the urine be.
"A subscriber asks for the best continuance
for lettering stock (horses and cows) so they
cannot entangle themselves in rope. VIII be
glad to hear from our readers on this subject.
Another asks for instruction to make prep
aratlon to entice wild bees.
| j. T. B., Level Land, s. c.: /. Tell me how to put
| up lot manure with lime how mnch of each to
make good manure, and about what time to put
| up, and whether with Stacked or unslacked lime.
| VIII IL DO TO mix stable COW lot and trash manure
| with lime? want good manure without much
| cost
| 2 Does sawdust help land materially; red stiff
| land? IN hauling out good deal that is five or six
years Old, with good deal of oak mixed will il in
| jure the land any?
| Weanswer the last part of your question
hrst. 1t is always risky to mix lime with any
| OF the richer manures. Those substances used
| wi, 81,
straw, &c, may be mixed with lime to adj
vantage, but stable manure, indeed animal
manues of all kinds had better not be-. If
! you think your land is very deficient in lime
ana needs an application of it, you might mix
slaked lime with the trash manure by ITSELF at
| the rate OF ten bushels to cord Of trash. Do
| thls SIX months before you expect to use it.
| Alter the lapse of four months, mix the trash
compound thoroughly with lot manure, and
4hls mixture afterwards with stable manure
Managed thus the lime will have ne injurious
| effect upon the lot and stable manure. After
| the last mixture has stood couple of months,
it will be ready for distribution. All manure
heaps should be put in pens, and wetted and
| well tramped when being put up. Proportion
the lime to other ingredients, so that when
compost IS distributed, an acre may receive
from three to five bushels of lime.
! 2. Sawdust has little or no manurial value
Pine dust when fresh may do harm if used in
excess. When old it is harmless, and NAV
answer good purpose in loosening stiff soils
but it hardly pays for the hauling. Leaves
are much more valuable and so is straw.
| w. 7. W., Huntsville Ala.: l. ave 200 acres
Alabama river bottom land, which was washed by
spring tTeshet of 1886 to tie olayor hard PAM all
the top soil of inches washed away l want to
| tn rpctfr 70 tlo 1o,,1 r,lo
| First, can it be restored?
| Second by what means!
p have six acres clay peas, broadcast want to
| know:
First, when shall I cut them?
| Second how long shall sun them?
Third, how 1 store them away to prevent
moulding?
g. Are cotton seed hulls valuable as a fertilizer,
and II SO, how should use them?
L. have grove of forty acres covered with black
sandy soil, covered with blackjack and scrub post
oak Do you know any variety of grass suitable for
pasture that would grow upon it if fertlzed; if So
what is it, and what fertilizer should use? And
| what variety Of grass would make hay on sandy oil
by iertilizng, and what SOFT of fertilizer 81 ould be
| used? What kind ofrye will grow on similar land?
| !. If recurrence Of overflow and securing
does not take place, it is possible to restore the
land described. The first thing to be aimed at
| is to get something to grow ON the land to
| furnish supply of humus If anything will
| grow upon it spontaneously, at first, so much
| the better, as that will diminish the cost To
| foster growth, however, whether spontaneous
! or induced the land should be brought into
| fine filth. Break it up deep and thoroughly;
| roll and harrow as often as may be needed to
this end. The time to do this is regulated by
the growth which is expected to follow-if
weeds, do it in early autumn. They come M
| readily on fall plowed, but not on spring plowed
land on wheat fields, but not on spring sown
oat fields. If clover is to be the work, pillow in
February; if peas, break up at any time in early
spring.
If weeds come up spontaneously on the land,
let them alone until they are dead, don't pillow
them under green. The hard woody stems
are needed torot slowly and to open the soil.
If plowed in green, this mechanical action as
an opener, is reduced to almost nothing In
case where weeds will grow, as said before, let
them alone the first year. The following win
ter, turn under quite shallow, so as to mix
| them with upper layer of soil, Soil forming
must go on by slow degrees, and must begin
at the top. If clover has been grown success
! fully in the neighborhood, SOW it down in that
crop the last of February. If clover does not
thrive in your vicinity plant the land in peas
! the last week in May. Don't sow them broad
cast, but plant in drills, three feet apart and
! pillow once or twice to keep land from
crustng and running together II
you wish to hurry up matters, manure
peas, with 100 pounds of ash Element" per
acre. This Is a cheap fertilizer and has
marked effect on peas. Let the peas mature,
| and about the first of November sow in rye
After the rye ripens put in peas again, and
! rye viii come up, without further seeding, af-
ter the peas are laid by. This treatment con-
| tinued two or three years, the land will be
ready for ordinary cropping, but should not be
| run heavily in clean, cultivated crops; should
be sown in small grain, and alternate every
! year. If clover viii grow on the land, it will
be the best of all crops to bring it up. If there
| is danger of securing from freshets again,
! set land in bermuda, as soon as it
has been enliyened by growth Of weeds and
a crop ofpeas. 1t will hold the soil and en-
rich it at same time, and with proper after
treatment give good cuttings OF hay.
9. Cut soon after blooming, as soon
as wited put in small compact
heaps, exposing as little surface to sun and
dew as possible. The next day put three Of